EIGHT HOURS' DAY
WASHINGTON CONVENTION
NOT RATIFIED BY BRITAIN
' (A.P.A. and "Sun.*;) (Received 3rd June, 10 a.m.)
LONDON, 2nd June.
; . In^tho House of Commons, Sir C. Tt. ■Wilson (C.) initiated a debato on the jibn-raiification of tho Washington •Eight Hours Convention. He'said that other countries.were entitled to ask' the reason for our inertia. . Mr. Neville Chamberlain replied that if we .went ahead gaily, as we were asked to do, it might hamper industry, while a different interpretation abroad ■would bring no corresponding troubles. It was necessary that all.the Powers should ratify the same thing, knowing fully •vjrhat that thing was. The Minister aaiflthat the Ministry declined to be stampeded. ; .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 128, 3 June 1927, Page 7
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109EIGHT HOURS' DAY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 128, 3 June 1927, Page 7
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